This is truth! 🙌

So true! 🙌

Adults talk about work-life balance. And yet for some reason, some schools don’t think our teens deserve the same mental health break. bit.ly/2ZQi3Sc

No matter how much it hurts, you have to keep going.

Same! 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️

So close.

We're begging for a change.

Giving teachers hardly any time in their rooms after they return to get ready for the school year might suggest that they were supposed to be preparing for the school year during their unpaid time off. If we want educators to work during the summer, pay them for their time.

The struggle is real! 💯

Third grade reading proficiency begins right here.

Yup! 🙌

Teachers! I'm giving away a signed, personalized class set of the new paperback edition of #wishtree, which includes a letter from me, discussion questions, and more. ❤️🌳 RT + follow for a chance to win for your classroom! I'll pick a random winner this Wednesday, 4/26.

A groundbreaking study shows kids learn better on paper, not screens. Now what? theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Well, Stanley has done the impossible. They somehow made water bottles in the classroom even more of a distraction I thought we’d already hit peak water bottle but yeah I was wrong

Still waiting...

Reading counts! 📚

Here’s your Sunday morning reminder: When students develop automaticity with basic math facts, they can free up cognitive resources to focus on more complex mathematical thinking.

Expecting your kids to be 100% perfect? You'll be disappointed every single day. And your kids will be anxious wrecks afraid to try anything. On the flip side: Letting your kids do whatever they want with zero accountability? You're raising entitled brats who will crumble